Motor-vehicle.



No. 725,713 PATENTED APR. 21, 1903. G. W. HUNT.

MOTOR VEHICLE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 16, 1902.

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UNITED STATES PAT NT FICE.

CHARLES W. HUNT, OF \VESTNEW BRIGHTON, NEW YORK.

M -Q H CL SPECIFICATION forming part of Letterslatent No. 72 ,71'3,-dat ed Apri1 21, 1903. Application filed J'nne 16,1902. Serial No. 111,896; (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES WALLACE HUNT, a citizen of the United States, residing in West New Brighton, borough ofRich mond,"

ments in the support of engines of this type with relation to the driving-wheels. In accordance with the invention the engine is mounted upon the axle of the driving-truck, and provisions are made for driving the wheels of the truck therefrom. The truck is spring-suspended from the body of the vehicle, so that the engine-frame yields when the vehicle is.

started from a condition of rest, and the gine is therefore relieved.

The invention will be more fully described hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which, for purposes of" explanation of the nature of the invention, it is illustrated as embodied in a convenient and practical form.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a partial view, in side elevation, of a vehicle to which the invention is applied. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the driving-truck, partly in horizontal section. Fig. 3 is a detail section of the equalizing-gear.

The general construction and arrangement of parts of the vehicle may be as usual or as preferred, according to the particular use to which the vehicle is to be put. As represented in the drawings, the body a may support the generator ct,which supplies the steam or other motive fluid to the engine through suitable pipes a truck (indicated generally at b) may be constructed andarranged in any convenient manner,the present invention not being concerned with the steering of the vehicle.

The axle c of the driving-truck is prefer ably a fixed axle, on the ends of which the driving-wheels dare mounted to rotate in the usual manner. The driving-axle supports the body aby springs, which may be arranged as indicated at e, the ends of the springs be- The forward or steering ing secured to suitable brackets e and having the axles fastened to the springs in any suitable manner, as at f. An arm g is extended from each end of the axle near the wheels, said armsbeing united to form, with the axle c, a frame for the support of the engineby a'transver'se rod or bar 77..

The particular construction of the reciprocating piston-engine is not material to the present invention; but in the drawings it is shown as comprising two cylinders 71 and is, one of which may behigh-pressure, while the other is low-pressure, said cylinders having the valve mechanism and steamchest arranged between them, as indicated at Z. The cylinders are secured to or form parts of an engine casting or frame m, which is secured to the axle c and is supported at its extremity, as at 'm, upon the cross rod or bar h of the supporting-frame. Each piston 'L" and respectively, is connected, as usual, with the cranks-shaft n, which is supported in the engine casting or frame m. A gear 0 on the crank-shaft may engage the outer gear on the shell q of an equalizing-gear, such shell carrying pinions r and s, which mesh with each other and mesh, respectively, with pinions 25 and u on the independent shafts 'u and 10. These shafts have bearings in the hubs of the gear-shell q and in the arms g of the supporting-frame and at their outer ends may carry' pinions m and y, respectively, which mesh, respectively, with gears d on the hubs 0f thedriving-wheels d.

It will be seen that by the arrangement of the engine upon'the axle the driving-truck becomes entirely self-contained and can bereadily' applied to any vehicle, no yielding connections between the engine and the driving-wheels having to be provided for and no connections of any kind having to be coupled or uncoupled save the connections for the supply of steam and the connections for the control of the valve mechanism, which can be easily manipulated. 'The arra'ngement of the driving mechanism, moreover, is exceedingly compact and simple and through the spring suspension of the axle upon which the engine is supported advantage of the yielding of the springs is had in starting the vehicle from the condition of rest.

It is not intended to limit the invention to the precise construction and arrangement of the engine, its driving connections, and its supporting devices herein shown and described, since the same can be varied without departing from the spirit of the invention.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a motor-vehicle the combination of an axle, driving-wheels, a reciprocating pistonengine mounted directly on the axle, driving connections independent of the engine and between the engine and the driving-wheels, and a supporting-frame for said connections also mounted on the axle, substantially as described.

2. In a motor-vehicle, the combination of a body, an axle-spring suspended therefrom,

driving-wheels, a reciprocating piston-engine mounted directly on the axle, driving connections between the engine and the drivingwheels, and a supporting-frame for said connections independent of the engine and also mounted on the axle, substantially as described.

3. In a motor-vehicle,the combination of an axle, driving-wheels, a reciprocating pistonengine mounted directly on the axle, an independent supporting-frame, an engine-frame having one end supported on the first-named frame, and driving connections between the engine and the driving-wheels having bearings in said frames, substantially as described.

4. In a motor-vehicle, the combination of a body,an axle-spring suspended from the body, driving-wheels, a reciprocating piston-engine mounted directly on the axle, an independent supporting-frame, an engine-frame having one end supported on the first-named frame, and driving connections between the engine and the driving-wheels having bearings in said frames, substantially as described.

5. In a motor-vehicle, the combination of a body, an axle-spring suspended therefrom, driving-wheels, arms mounted on the axle, a transverse bar carried by said arms, an engine mounted directly on the axle, an engineframe having one end supported on said bar, and driving connections supported by said engine-frame and said arms, substantially as described.

This specification signed and witnessed this 5th day of June, A. D. 1902.

CHARLES W. HUNT.

In presence of ANTHONY N. J ESBERA, M. A. BRAYLEY. 

